The Miami-Dade County Library branch in Miami Lakes is offering virtual and in-person programs.  Space is limited and you must register in advance to receive a link via email. If an event is full go online or call the branch to join a waiting list. Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Toddlers en dos idiomas  In person.  Tues., March 22, 29 and April 5; 11:30 a.m. – noon. Bilingual stories,...

 The Town of Miami Lakes is honoring amazing women during Women’s History Month.  The Miami Lakes Cultural Affairs Committee and the town held the Women of Distinction awards March 12 at Town Hall.      At the luncheon, educator Rachel B. Autler, Dade Association of School Administrators’ principal of the year in 2021, was keynote speaker.      The meal was catered by...

     Following the Bike305 Bike to Work Day and riding from Miami Lakes to Hialeah the morning of March 9, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava spoke at the Miami Lakes Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon.       “It was a great privilege and pleasure,” Levine Cava said about touring through the town, and she thanked officials for hosting the event.      ...

Negotiations of the terms for the deal to open the two bridges in Miami Lakes are continuing this week between the town, Miami-Dade County and the City of Hialeah. The key takeaway: Both bridges will likely be opened, though the Northwest 154th Street span that crosses Interstate 75 may not be available to regular traffic for a decade. Emergency vehicles could use it as soon as the county makes improvements to that...

Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday urging the Florida Department of Transportation to open the Northwest 154th Street bridge across Interstate 75 which connects Miami Lakes and Hialeah and Miami-Dade County. Commission Chair Jose “Pepe” Diaz had proposed the item in February for the transportation committee and the full board voted March 1 to defer it and give Hialeah Mayor Esteban Bovo and...